#and i don’t have enough creativity

[padfootastic]

ok not to sound like a terrible human but. why are the tumblr AITAs so damned boring. literally can be summed up as either social anxiety or ignorance. just. where is the spice. the excitement. the nasty. why are people so damned earnest. am i just ruined by reddit n twitter or?

[stuckinapril]

reminding myself on this busy morning that i also have dreams of taking piano lessons & singing lessons & also honing my writing skills & absorbing as many books as i used to when i was a kid & at the very least taking up cute tennis dates & dabbling into art & just becoming an artistic generalist. also reminding myself that there are pre-meds out there who managed to pursue something they’re passionate in (some are even professional athletes) & still excelled in medicine & if they can do it so can I

[vanillabeenflower]

I watched Electric Dreams for the first time today

It was pretty good! I wish Edgar and Madeline interacted more though

[nerdy-hyperfixations]

What the fuck is wrong with the executives behind streaming services and why do they hate cartoons. Do they have some bull shit excuse for the garbage they pull? Did cartoons kill their grandma!? WHAT IS THEIR PROBLEM???

[mrspockify]

I feel like I can’t picture Mario learning and playing an instrument, like whenever I imagine him being musical it’s always with him preferring to sing, but then I don’t know how this would translate into my interpretation of mute Mario 💀

[hplonesomeart]

More animation frame screenshots whoop whoop! I swear it’s almost comedic how he’s managed to hijack my YouTube channel and gain me a baffling amount of new subscribers from OUT OF NOWHERE WHA- someone needs to stop him before this happens again I’m scared /j. It’s been fun watching the numbers increase in real time if not a tad overwhelming, but thankfully it mostly makes me feel appreciative more than anything else. Hopefully it’s made people laugh or helped inspired others <3

I would have talked myself out of sharing it otherwise…so glad I made the right decision with posting there. Took a leap of faith and now I feel validated for doing so. I just hope that I’m doing the characters justice even if adding my own unique spin on it. Plus gotta take a step back and remind myself that viewership isn’t what makes the world go round. Wouldn’t want the numbers getting to my head this early on and intervening with my creative visions jksjskp! I get easily influenced sometimes so finding a healthy balance for it is key :))

In meantime enjoy the facial doodles I love drawing expressions hehe

[lesbianboyfriend]

i am slowly but surely organizing my bookshelf here

[valewritessss]

You know what pisses me off? Being an art and literature girly with a science and math friend who thinks she’s superior because of it

[crossbackpoke-check]

Dysprosium, Mary Soon Lee

dysprosium, AN 66, is a silvery-white rare earth metal. its name is derived from the greek dysprositos, meaning “hard to get at”, owing to the difficulty in separating and isolating this rare earth element. dysprosium is used to measure neutron flux, to fuel reactors, and to activate phosphors. terfenol-d is a magnetorestrictive alloy, meaning that it changes shape when a magnetic field is applied, and is used to manufacture underwater acoustic systems.

jason “robo” robertson, dallas stars #21 for @simmyfrobby’s nhl periodic table poems <3

[miss-celestia13]

Blood Flows in a Spiral

A Jonerys Romance

Since I just posted the second chapter, I figured I’d share it here now. My new Jonerys story, Blood Flows in a Spiral, can be read on Ao3. A snippet of the first chapter can be found below the line ❤️

Summary:

Amid the turmoil of war, exhausted nurse Daenerys Targaryen faithfully tends to the wounded. It isn’t long before a gravely injured Jon Snow arrives under her care. Despite Dany’s reluctance to open up, an unexpected romance ignites.

Their bond deepens as they discover they share a mysterious affliction: strange, unsettling dreams that speak of a profound connection. To secure their future, Jon and Daenerys must unravel the enigma of these visions, facing their pasts and uncovering hidden truths along the way.

Snippet:

The white wolf howled at a moonless sky.

The dark woods stood as noble black knights, fresh from the fields of legend as he passed by their ancient rooted forms.

Forlorn and lost, his silver sheened fur marked in blood, dirt, and ash as he slunk through the forest. He moved deeper within the pine labyrinth and refused the urge to turn back. Freedom beckoned from behind, a siren song in his blood. He ignored it.

His paws kissed the cold earth with a lightness that shouldn’t have been possible for an animal of such size. His stance was confident and strong, muscles rippling under the short fur on his body. He moved fluidly, nose twitching as he tried to catch a scent of something that could help his search.

He couldn’t remember a time before this.

It felt to the wolf that he’d always been searching, always looking, and chasing hints of promise in the air that always led to nothing. The hunt was in his blood. The woods were his domain and he would succeed. He had to succeed.

The forest was a tapestry of secrets, each thread leading to a different mystery, and he had unraveled many in his time here. This search proved less agreeable, but the wolf continued on, unfettered and sure that by winter’s end, he’d find it.

A frigid breeze whipped through the trees, dry leaves crinkled and trembled as the wind swirled through the grass. It carried the smells the wolf hated. Infection. Death. War. The acrid taint of smoke never left this land, and the wolf knew it had always been so.

Snow was on its way. The sky itself seemed to hold its breath in preparation as the temperature dropped, and the wolf prowled and leaped over broken, burnt boughs. He did not know what he sought. His keen scarlet gaze scanned the gaps in the woods as his huffing breath clouded the chill air.

Branches and tiny bones crunched under his claws as he bounded through the woods and followed the strange pull he felt in his chest. It glowed and warmed, pulsing and aching with the beat of his heart.

Find me, find me, find me, it seemed to say. Urgent and silent, but heard like a dinner bell to the racing white beast.

His swift paws whispered on the forest floor, gliding through the undergrowth like shadows guided by the smattering of glittering stars above. The crisp air tasted sweeter the deeper he traveled. The scent trails left by his kin had long gone cold, and a familiar despondency threatened to overwhelm him, but something new was emerging.

It reminded the wolf of meat charred over a fire. And something bright, warm, and beautiful lingered at the very edge of it. It called to him. His mouth watered, eyes sharpening and ears flattening to his head as he took off running.

The black velvet night slowly lightened to gunmetal with fissures of ruby, cobalt, and violet marbling the clouds as the wolf hunted. Rich damp earth tickled his sensitive nose, the panicked scent of rabbits and other small creatures enticed his empty belly, but his goal wasn’t to eat.

He wasn’t sure what his true purpose was, only that he had one.

As the sun glimmered and rose, dawn broke silently like a heart in distress. The world would soon awake and bathe the day in fire once more. The wolf knew he had little time left.

Ignore the image below. It’s the banner for chapter two!

[vellichorsdesire]

promo hour but it’s more about promoting your own creative work (art, writing, etc.) about your selfship maybe…!?

[sadkachow]

if i hear one more pro-ai take i fear i may start exploding people with my brain

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

me waiting for my writer’s block to fuck off and leave me alone so i can finish this chapter:

[the-first-spinjitzu-master]

3am doodles of some goofy little train faces :)

[joyfuladorable]

Current state of my 2k3 book scans! Feel free to message me for a link to the gdrive folder if you wanna take a look! ^w^

[sentienceisoverrated]

Things I miss about old tv shows:

1. Set Designs

One thing I miss most is actual tangible set designs. There used to be a handful of sets that would get used time and time again, and the characters actually interacted with them. Sets now look so damn clinical and clean, characters barely interact with them (mostly because half of all sets are almost entirely CGI) and they barely change over the course of a season or episode. Reflect your characters’ mental states by their rooms. Make them messy, dirty, have characters comment on the state of certain sets. Come on make them UNIQUE. And not in the way of just the objects either, make them unkempt or overflowed and mix up the lighting a bit.

2. Actual Episodic Structure

Most TV shows I’ve watched that came out in the last few years have had a continuous plot. Which is great. It makes me invested in the story, makes me excited for the next episode. But unless done correctly, it can feel like nothing was actually achieved in those episodes. Often it comes that a character spends the entire episode trying to do something, only for their plan to unravel right at the end of the episode and the next episode to be set up. It makes me feel like nothing was actually completed. Every episode is designed to set up for the next one and in some cases this works, but in others it doesn’t. An episodic structure is where each episode has its own individual storyline that may or may not add to the overall plot. Avatar: The Last Airbender used this structure, as did the Star Trek series (excluding season 2~ of Discovery) and BBC Merlin. A structure like this adds considerably more to character development and subsequent relationships between characters before moving on to more plot-driven antics, which in turn raises the stakes.

3. Fantasy Lighting

This, I believe, is self-describing. TV shows are too dark. I can’t see. Even if you want to establish how dark a setting is, there is still usually a source of light that a character is holding. It’s enough to make us actually see what’s going on, so let us. Please. And, anyway, it’s fiction. Doesn’t have to always be 100% realistic.

4. Filler Episodes

This comes in tandem with episode numbers. I do understand that in production the creators don’t have much time to film and edit before release. But. Where did the 20 episode seasons go? A lot of series are being released half-and-half, but even if it’s weekly, most people I know would be fine with it as long as each episode is produced to the best of the ability of the creators. I also miss fillers. Give me those character shenanigans. No plot, just pure antics. Those episodes keep me alive.

4. CGI Consistency

I will always maintain the opinion that good CGI relies on how consistent its quality is throughout a film, season or episode. Personally, I don’t care how good the CGI is so long as it remains relatively the same level throughout what I’m watching. I see this a lot in recent tv shows *cough* marvel *cough* where one scene will have the most spectacular CGI ever seen and another looks more like a low-budget animated kids show. It breaks immersion. I’m not into it. Just give me bad CGI all the way through. Or, on contrast, no CGI whatsoever. Construct scenes using actual corporeal sets and makeup. I miss funky little puppets.

(Note: this is opinion based. Feel free to agree or disagree, add or remove. I won’t contend)